Customs and Border Protection chief Chris Magnus is asked to resign amid internal clash, official says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Troy Miller, a longtime career official at CBP, has been overseeing day-to-day operations at the agency for some time amid the internal concerns over Magnus' leadership, the official added.
55% : The internal clash between Magnus and DHS leadership comes as the department faces major operational and humanitarian challenges along the U.S.-Mexico border, where CBP recorded nearly 2.4 million encounters with unauthorized migrants in fiscal year 2022, a 12-month period that ended on Sept. 30.
50% : As the largest federal law enforcement agency, CBP is responsible for securing U.S. borders, facilitating trade and legal travel and preventing illicit drugs and goods from entering the country.
43% : Magnus, the former police chief of Tucson, Arizona, has had a fraught relationship with Border Patrol, an agency within CBP that has apprehended record numbers of migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border over the past year, said the DHS official, who requested anonymity to discuss internal matters.

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